Titsey

Village and parish in Surrey, England

For the country house, see Titsey Place.

Human settlement in England

Titsey

Titsey Place is the surviving manor of Titsey but a stately home that is open for visitors and is charitably run

Titsey

Location within Surrey

Area| 10.99 km2 (4.24 sq mi)
Population| 272 (Civil Parish 2011)[1]
• Density| 25/km2 (65/sq mi)
OS grid reference| TQ4157
• London| 16 mi (26 km) NNE
Civil parish|

* Titsey

District|

* Tandridge

Shire county|

* Surrey

Region|

* South East

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| WESTERHAM
Postcode district| TN16
Post town| OXTED
Postcode district| RH8
Dialling code| 01959
Police| Surrey
Fire| Surrey
Ambulance| South East Coast
UK Parliament|

* East Surrey

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51°16′48″N 0°00′36″E﻿ / ﻿51.280°N 0.010°E﻿ / 51.280; 0.010
Titsey lies on the Pilgrims' Way, as shown in this Ordnance Survey map. The north–south road at the extreme right, and the "Clarkslane Shaw" field boundary top centre, lie on the track of a Roman road.[2]

Titsey is a rural village and a civil parish on the North Downs almost wholly within the M25 London Orbital Motorway in the Tandridge District of Surrey, England.

In local government it forms the south-western part of the ward Tatsfield and Titsey and in national statistics approximates to output area E00157289. It has no railway stations however one is centred 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south-west, Oxted which also has the administrative centre of the district. Approximately half of it land is owned by a charity running the Titsey Place estate, with the remainder being a mixture of common and privately owned woodland and smallholdings.

## History

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The village lay within the Tandridge hundred, of greatest use in the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of England and it continues to form a parish in the church of England until its church became appropriated by that of Tatsfield.[3]

The eastern parish boundary follows the London to Lewes Way Roman road which descends the escarpment of the North Downs here, crossing two important ancient east–west routes, the North Downs ridgeway and the Pilgrims Way on the lower slopes.[4]

Titsey appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as a village: Ticesei held by Haimo the Sheriff (of Kent) when its assets were: 2 hides; 1 church, 9 ploughs, pasture worth every seventh hog of the villains. It rendered £11 per year to its feudal system overlords.[5]

The parish church of St James the Greater dates from 1861 and is on the site of an earlier church built in 1776. That in turn replaced a much older church, dating from the 14th century.[6] Some of the memorials to the Gresham family date from the 16th and 17th centuries.[7] There is a 19th century side chapel with memorials to the Leveson-Gower family.[6]

Until the early 20th century, the local economy was entirely agricultural.[6]

In 1929, the BBC established its radio signals receiving station in the parish of Titsey, though the facility was named after the nearby village of Tatsfield. The station's masts and shortwave aerials were a prominent local landmark.[8][9] The station closed in 1974 when its work was merged with that of BBC Monitoring's receiving station at Crowsley Park in South Oxfordshire.[10] Some derelict remains of the BBC station can still be seen.[11]

## Demography and housing

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2011 Census Homes Output area | Detached | Semi-detached | Terraced | Flats and apartments | Caravans/temporary/mobile homes/houseboats | Shared between households[1]

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E00157289 | 67 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0

The average level of accommodation in the region composed of detached houses was 28%, the average that was apartments was 22.6%.

2011 Census Households Output area | Population | Households | % Owned outright | % Owned with a loan | hectares[1]

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E00157289 | 272 | 108 | 36.1 | 23.1 | 1,099

The proportion of households who owned their home outright compares to the regional average of 35.1%. The proportion who owned their home with a loan compares to the regional average of 32.5%. The remaining % is made up of rented dwellings (plus a negligible % of households living rent-free).

In 2011 the ward of the United Kingdom, Tatsfield and Titsey, almost twice its size, had 1,816 inhabitants

## Local government

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The (civil) parish council clerk is David Innes.[12][13]

## Geography

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Titsey covers a long tract which reaches up the southern escarpment of the North Downs, specifically to the highest point of the range, Botley Hill, which is in the parish. The north has altitude of around 230 metres (750 ft) where the North Downs Way passes through the parish. Springs in Titsey, rising at the foot of the chalk scarp of the North Downs, are the source of the River Eden.[14][15]

It is a dispersed settlement bordering Farleigh to the north and the London Borough of Bromley to the north-east. Biggin Hill is to the north-east, across the village centre of Tatsfield. The boundary with Kent is centred 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east. Titsey has two post towns depending on exact location.

Map showing the position of Titsey in Tandridge

## References

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1. ^ a b c Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density 2011 United Kingdom census Office for National Statistics Retrieved 21 November 2013
2. ^ Margary, Ivan (1948). Roman Ways in the Weald (3 ed.). London: J. M. Dent. p. 133\. OCLC 4611036.
3. ^ Tatsfield St Mary Church of England. Retrieved 31 December 2013
4. ^ Margary (1948: 130)
5. ^ Surrey Domesday Book Archived 15 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine
6. ^ a b c "Parishes: Titsey Pages 330-334 A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 4". British History Online. Victoria County History, 1912. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
7. ^ "Church of St James the Greater". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
8. ^ "The BBC Engineering Measurement and Receiving Station at Tatsfield" Recollections of BBC engineering from 1922 to 1997
9. ^ "The BBC Engineering Measurement and Receiving Station at Tatsfield" BBC Engineering Information Department pamphlet, 1961
10. ^ Information relating to the Tatsfield Monitoring Station BBC response to Freedom of Information request, January 2010
11. ^ Derelict Places Tatsfield Monitoring Station
12. ^ Tandridge Census Statistics
13. ^ Tandridge Borough Council
14. ^ Long, George; Porter, George (1850). The geography of Great Britain. London: Woodall. p. 50\. OCLC 33113443.
15. ^ Wooldridge, Sidney; Hutchings, Geoffrey (1957). "The scarp-zone foot". London's Countryside: Geographical Field Work for Students and Teachers of Geography. London: Methuen. p. 153. OCLC 519129.

## External links

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Media related to Titsey at Wikimedia Commons

* Explore Britain – Titsey Wood
* Parish Council Clerk – contact details
* Nore Hill Chalk Pinnacle – Surrey Wildlife Trust

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District of Tandridge

Settlements
(grouped by associated
post town)|

| Caterham|

* Caterham on the Hill
* Caterham Valley
* Chaldon
* Whyteleafe
* Woldingham

|

Godstone|

* Godstone

East Grinstead|

* Felbridge
* Felcourt

Horley|

* Horne
* Burstow

Lingfield|

* Crowhurst
* Dormansland
* Lingfield
* Newchapel
* Smallfield

Oxted|

* Hurst Green
* Limpsfield
* Limpsfield Chart
* Oxted
* Tandridge
* Titsey

Redhill|

* Bletchingley
* Nutfield

Warlingham|

* Chelsham
* Farleigh
* Fickleshole
* Hamsey Green (part)
* Warlingham

Westerham|

* Tatsfield

Places of worship|

* All Saints Church, Oxted
* Church of St John the Baptist, Outwood
* London England Temple (LDS Church)
* List of places of worship in Tandridge (district)
* Sacred Heart Church, Caterham

Education|

* Caterham School
* De Stafford School
* Hazelwood School
* Lingfield College
* Oakhyrst Grange School
* Oxted School
* Sunnydown School
* Warlingham School
* Woldingham School

Transport|

| Railway stations|

* Caterham
* Dormans
* Godstone
* Hurst Green
* Lingfield
* Nutfield
* Oxted
* Upper Warlingham
* Whytleafe

|

Roads|

* A22
* A25
* M23
* M25

Other|

* North Downs Way/Pilgrims' Way
* Greensand Way

Buildings and structures|

| Heritage buildings and grounds|

* Bletchingley Castle
* Titsey Place

|

Spectator sports|

* Lingfield Park Racecourse

Theatre|

* Orpheus Centre, Godstone

Lakes, watersports and wildlife|

* Hedgecourt Lake Nature Reserve, Felbridge
* Wire Mill Recreational Lake, Felbridge
* Mercers Park Country Park, Nutfield Marsh

Sport|

| Football|

* Farleigh Rovers F.C.
* Lingfield F.C.
* Warlingham F.C.
* Whyteleafe F.C.

|

Cricket|

* Caterham Cricket Club

The administrative centre is Oxted. The largest town is Caterham.
Three of the post towns have urban centres Caterham, Godstone and Oxted. Lingfield and Warlingham are major villages which have post town status. The others are outside the area.
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